Nikolaï Bobyr

Nikolai Pavlovich Bobyr (; ; 14 January 1854 – December 1920) was an Imperial Russian Army general of the cavalry. He was commandant of the Novogeorgievsk Fortress from 1907 to 1915, and saw action there during World War I.

Biography Bobyr was the son of Colonel Pavel Matveyevich Bobyr. He graduated from the Petrovsky Poltava military gymnasium. In 1873 he graduated from the Mikhailovsky Artillery Academy. He served in the Imperial Russian Army horse artillery.

During the Russian-Turkish War of 1877–1878, Bobyr was part of the force guarding the Black Sea coast in the Odessa region. He was promoted to staff captain in 1879.

In April 1882 he graduated in the first category from the Nikolaev Academy of the General Staff. He then was assigned to the headquarters of the Kharkov Military District. On 24 November 1882 he became senior adjutant to the headquarters of the 5th Infantry Division.

In Siberia On 28 October 1884, Bobyr was assigned duty as the ispravleniye dolzhnosti ("post correction") staff officer for assignments at the headquarters of the East Siberian Military District. From April 1884 to January 1885 served in Kamchatka to collect statistical information about the Kamchatka Cossacks. On 20 July 1884, during the reorganization of the East Siberian Military District into the Irkutsk Military District, he became headquarters officer for special assignments under the commander of the district. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1885. From May to October 1887, he headed an expedition to the Sayan Mountains to study the border region of Irkutsk Province. He was promoted to colonel in 1890.

Cavalry service On 27 February 1891 Bobyr assumed duty as the ispravleniye dolzhnosti ("post correction")

Personal life Bobyr was married to Sofiya Leonidovna Karpinskaya. They had one daughter, Nadezhda (1891–1907).

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